FloridaFlorida law allows nickel rounding when one-cent pieces stop production
If one-cent pieces are no longer made, retailers may round in-person cash sales, while people making certain cash payments to sellers must pay in full or round up.
What it does
If one-cent pieces are no longer produced, retailers may round in-person cash totals or change to the nearest nickel. This does not change the sale price, tax, fees, or noncash payment amounts.
When one-cent pieces are no longer produced, rounding a consumer sale to the nearest nickel is excluded from the listed consumer-protection law.
If one-cent pieces are no longer produced, people making covered cash payments to sellers must pay the full amount due or round the payment up to the nearest nickel.
Argument forRetailers could settle cash sales more easily when pennies are unavailable by rounding totals or change to the nearest nickel.
Argument againstPeople making covered cash payments to sellers could pay more when the amount due rounds up and pennies are no longer produced.
More detail
Retailers may round in-person cash transactions to the nearest nickel. The rule covers in-person cash transactions with retailers. This applies only if the one-cent piece is no longer in production. It applies only to cash transactions. Noncash and mixed payments are excluded, except when cash is given to the purchaser as change. Rounding does not change the sale price, tax, surcharges, fees, or amounts authorized, cleared, or settled through noncash payment systems. The law took effect when it became law on May 11, 2026. Rounding applies only if the one-cent piece is no longer in production.
Rounding a consumer sale to the nearest nickel is excluded from the listed consumer-protection law. This applies to rounding a consumer sale to the nearest nickel. The exclusion applies only if the one-cent piece is no longer in production. The exclusion applies only if the one-cent piece is no longer in production.
People making covered cash payments to sellers must pay the full amount due or round the payment up to the nearest nickel. The rule covers cash payments to sellers under section 538.235. This applies only if the one-cent piece is no longer in production. The law took effect when it became law on May 11, 2026. The payment rule applies only if the one-cent piece is no longer in production.
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History
- 2026
- May 12Chapter No. 2026-68Latest
- May 11Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Apr 30Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 17Ordered enrolledMinor
- Mar 10CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 1Passed House
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 10Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Mar 10Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 91st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Mar 9Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- Mar 9Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 26In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Immediately certified
- Feb 26CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 26Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 26Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 23Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 18Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time
- Feb 13On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 13Now in Appropriations
- Feb 13Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 12CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- Jan 21Now in Finance and Tax
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/21/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 5FiledIntroduced
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